{"product_id":"shadow-voices-300-years-of-irish-genre-fiction-a-history-in-stories-hardcover","title":"Shadow Voices: 300 Years of Irish Genre Fiction: A History in Stories - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Connolly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll hardbacks in the first print run will be signed by the author.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe story of genre fiction - horror, romantic fiction, science fiction, crime writing, and more - is also the story of Irish fiction. Irish writers have given the world Lemuel Gulliver, Dracula, and the world of Narnia. They have produced pioneering tales of detection, terrifying ghost stories and ground-breaking women's popular fiction. Now, for the first time, John Connolly's one volume presents the history of Irish genre writing and uses it to explore how we think about fiction itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeeply researched, and passionately argued, SHADOW VOICES takes the lives of more than sixty writers - by turns tragic, amusing, and adventurous, but always extraordinary - and sets them alongside the stories they have written, to create a new way of looking at genre and literature, both Irish and beyond. Here are vampires and monsters, murderers and cannibals. Here are female criminal masterminds and dogged detectives, star-crossed lovers and vengeful spouses. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Here are the SHADOW VOICES.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Connolly is author of the Charlie Parker mysteries, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Lost Things\u003c\/i\u003e, the Samuel Johnson novels for young adults and, with his partner, Jennifer Ridyard, co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Chronicles of the Invaders\u003c\/i\u003e. John Connolly's debut - EVERY DEAD THING - introduced the character of Private Investigator Charlie Parker, and swiftly launched him right into the front rank of thriller writers. All his subsequent novels have been \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers. He was the winner of the 2016 CWA Short Story Dagger for \u003ci\u003eOn the Anatomization of an Unknown Man (1637) by Frans Mier \u003c\/i\u003efrom NIGHT MUSIC: Nocturnes Vol 2. In 2007 he was awarded the Irish Post Award for Literature. He was the first non-American writer to win the US Shamus award and the first Irish writer to win an Edgar award. BOOKS TO DIE FOR, which he edited with Declan Burke, was the winner of the 2013 Anthony, Agatha and Macavity awards for Best Non-Fiction work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1088\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.52 x 9.29 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 22, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766119432480,"sku":"9781529394665","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6e74eab7973030eef9f040d1d05d2c38.webp?v=1780285972","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/shadow-voices-300-years-of-irish-genre-fiction-a-history-in-stories-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}